ATLANTA, Georgia, March 25. WHILE the sellout crowd watched the dual duel between Arizona and Auburn in the middle of the pool, Texas junior Garrett Weber-Gale stole the 100 free from lane 8.

Weber-Gale was ahead all the way, splitting 19.98 at the 50 before touching home in 42.11. Stanford’s Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner was second in 42.17.

Arizona got the better of Auburn in the final as Simon Burnett was third and Lyndon Ferns fifth; the Tigers’ Cesar Cielo and Matt Targett were fourth and sixth. But Auburn extended its lead by placing ninth, thirteenth and fourteenth in the B final, while Arizona picked up six points for eleventh.

At the end of the 100 free, Auburn had extended its lead to nine points: 397.5 to 388.5.